One man was killed and five others were injured when a gas cylinder exploded in a shipyard factory at Sonakanda of Narayanganj on Sunday morning.
The deceased was one Mamun, son of Latif Munshi, hailing from Baufal of Patuakhali. He was residing at Char Khejurbagh of Keraniganj with his wife Jesmin and their one-year-old child.
The injured are Rahim, Haider, Shipon, Sagar and Shafiqul Islam. Of the injured, Shafiqul sustained 70% burn injuries while Sagar sustained 50%, Shipon 35%, Rahim 18% and Haider 7%.
They were rushed to the burn and plastic surgery unit of the Dhaka Medical College Hospital where the on-duty doctors declared Mamun dead at 11:30am.
Md Kabir, Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy at Narayanganj Shipyard, told the Dhaka Tribune of the gas cylinder exploding sometime near 10am while the labourers were engaged in doing dyeing work.
